- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 12 streaming audio files (44 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Fielding sixes (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Improvisation, no. 4
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Aleatory music.
- Modern dance music.
- Note
- Contains sets of cassette recordings of traditional Irish music which are components of the music for Merce Cunningham's Fielding sixes (1980).
- Title and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassettes and information provided by the John Cage Trust.
- Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1: "Duets Tape 1A - 6:40 ; Fielding Sixes 1A - 2'50". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2: "Duets Tape 2A - 3:03 ; Fielding Sixes 2A - 2'15". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 3: "Duets Tape 3A - 2:19 ; Fielding Sixes 3A - 2'30". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 4: "Duets 4A - 3:05 ; Fielding Sixes 4A - 2'25". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 5: "Duets 5A - 4:27 ; Fielding Sixes 5A - 2'25". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 6: "Duets 6A - 2:57 ; Fielding Sixes 6A - 2'15". For reasons unidentified, the times indicated on each cassette do not correlate with the times of the streaming files.
- John Cage's Improvisation III, and, IV are composed for "identical cassettes in play" (John Cage Trust website, accessed May 22, 2015). The cataloger selected set 1A - 6A as the archival originals and representative set of cassettes based on best sound quality and the completeness of digital files. There are 2 additional sets of cassettes with content identical to the archival original set, respectively labeled 1B - 6B, and, 1C - 6C. The additional sets contain a different order with correlation to set A as follows: 1B = 5A, 2B = 3A, 3B = 6A, 4B = 2A, 5B = 1A, 6B = 4A, 1C = 3A, 2C = 6A, 3C = 1A, 4C = 4A, 5C = 5A, 6C = 2A.
- Recorded in unidentified locations.
- Sound quality is good.
- Donor's inventory numbers: C153 - C158 (*LTC-A 1315 no. 1-6); C165 - C170 (*LTC-A 1316 no. 1-6); C171 - C176 (*LTC-A 1317 no. 1-6).
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Indexed In (note)
- John Cage Trust website, accessed March 11, 2015
- John Cage Trust website, accessed May 22, 2015
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1315 -- 1317
- OCLC
- 913796407
- Author
Cage, John, composer.
- Title
Improvisation III, and, IV : sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets, and, Fielding sixes / music by John Cage.
- Production
[probably 1980?].
- Playing Time
000236 000248 000333 000253 000435 000250 000402 000241 000652 000309 000313 000230
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Indexed In:
John Cage Trust website, accessed March 11, 2015, Database of works: Improvisation III, http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=283
John Cage Trust website, accessed May 22, 2015, Database of works: Improvisation IV, http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=105
- Performer
[Matt Malloy, flute, and Paddy Glackin, fiddle].
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival originals : (6 audio cassettes (44 minutes total) : analog) in *LTC-A 1315 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 506.
Additional archival originals : (6 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1316 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 506.
Additional archival originals : (6 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1317 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 506.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from six original analog cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; twelve preservation files were created based on cassette sides.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Glackin, Paddy, instrumentalist.
Molloy, Matt, instrumentalist.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Related to (work) : Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Related to (work) : Fielding sixes (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Improvisation, no. 4
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1315 -- 1317